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Lucas Opposed to Altering Old Films

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Lucas recently spoke out against companies altering old films and colorizing black and white features; he claimed that, as a proponent of history, viewers should be able to appreciate a film as it was originally released. “I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them,” he said a few years ago. Perhaps he should re-examine his beliefs.
–Michael Kaminski, How the Grinch Stole Star Wars

Use Your Common Sense, People

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Überschwerer Kampfschreitpanzer

A coworker of mine recently sent me a link and said “Cool, I didn’t know the Germans had a walking tank!”

After a few seconds of conversation, it became clear that he was serious. To his credit, Kottke linked to this, and the stuff he posts is usually trustworthy. I’m not sure if Kottke was also fooled, or if his post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Not to pick on my coworker (or Kottke), but use your common sense, people. Just ask yourself what are the odds that A) Nazi Germany built a 40 foot tall walking tank, and B) 30 years later George Lucas put an exact duplicate of a Nazi war machine into Star Wars, or that C) the only web site mentioning this incredible feat of engineering lists its statistics for a table-top role-playing game?

N'Sync Get Killed in Star Wars

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So the guys in N’Sync have cameo roles in Star Wars Episode II. They play Jedi who get slaughtered by androids. Apparently they’re on screen for about a half-second in the background of a larger shot of lots of Jedi being killed. Here’s my question: Why does this bother everyone? Who doesn’t want to see N’Sync get slaughtered by robots?? Seems like a perfect solution to me.